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DENMARK. am. immme•Otsl • (Fr/A 4 1716 ,Special Correspondent of the Times.) COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26. I have been the best part of three days on my way from Kial to Copenhagen—a fact sufficient to explain the exceptional condition of the country in these stirring times of forthcoming war. I have passed from the catrip of the German Greeks to that of the Trojan Dan Qs ; from the advanced posts of the Austro-P russians to the strongly-guarded lines of the Danne.werk. The movements of neutral tra vellers are e.s yet unimpeded, and my progress was only delayed by some of those hindrances and petty annoyances that aye inseparable from crowded trains, belated sNamers, and overwrought post horses—the great, machinery of locomotion being to some extent clogged and unhinged, but not wilfully broken up or interfered with. I left Kiel 'J n Sunday morning, without a single soldier of any description, under protection of its most inoffensive citizen-guard. The Prussians had come no further than Plon ; and I found the Aus. trians at Isreumunster. The train left me for two hours at the latter place, and, having nothing better to do, I sauntered along the endless main street of that straggling market town, and inspected the whole long line of the Martini Brigade, as, issuing forth from its night quarters, it mustered in several detachments along theroad in the gray of the morn ing. In what part of the empire its regiments are recruited I know not, nor could I make out. I could fancy myself in tiV allenstein's camp. My ear was as sailed by every variety of uncouth Sclavonian jabber with a mixture of Istrian, Dalmatian, and even Vene tian di a lects. Dark and dingy they looked, an ugly s et of Croatians :and Grenzer for the most part, vith hollow cheeks and lank bodies, as gaunt and wolfish a set of marauders, to judge by external ap pearances, as ever was let loose upon an ill-starred country; very good soldiers, I dare say, long endur ing, venturesome, amenable to a strong discipline. Their meat was plentiful, their bread excellent, their kettles were boiling, and they seemed at peace with the good Holsteiners, at whose expense they fired so sumptuously. Travelling in Germany, or for that matter in Den mark, is slow work, but it has this good in it—that it allows ample leisure for reflection. I gezed at those low-bred, coarsely- clad, un was!a ed, scampish-looking instruments of the Kaiser's might ; I thought of the hundreds of thousands following in their rear if needed, I added the half-million of Prussians and other Germans embarked with them in the same enterprise, and bethought myself of the bread and meat these myriads and myriads had been devour ing since the reconstitution of the German States in 1814 ; I thought of the check they had been on pro duction, of the terrible impulse they had given to consumption in their country, and of the little good they had been to it either for offensive or defensive purposes, the Prussians boasting of no other laurels to their standards than those reaped in the blood less campaign against the Baden Republicans i❑ 1848 ; the Austrians wearing out their strength against their master's own subjects, unable to over come the unarmed Magyars without Russian szp port in 1849, unfit to hold a position of their own choice against the French or even against the de spised Italians in 1859, driven from fat Lombardy, after no more than a two fields' experiment, leav ing their chivalrous young master to console him self us he best could with the fond conceit that " all was lost but honour." And now this million and a half unfleshed Austro- Prusso-German bayonets are all turned against the breast of comparatively helpless Denmark, and it may be that those two emulous Powers which never agreed upon any one point since the close of the Seven Nears' War, and all the 86 Confederate Princes who never were anything bat a faggot of loose sticks in matters of home or foreign policy,— it may he, I say, that Prussia, Austria, and the Bund will give proof of great unanimity and go to work with a will now that the aim of all their efforts is to strip a third rate monarchy of one of its provinces, now that they are six and thirty to one, and, as they fancy, the man to be hit " has no friends." At Rendsburg, on the Eider, a few Saxon officers were still at the railway station on the south side of the river. They were the last troops of the Band h till in the front line, and they were ready to march to the rear as soon as their Austro-Prussian betters should come up to supersede them. Anon the train conveyed us over the narrow, ricketty bridge of the Eider, and at once the scene was changed, as if by magic. We stood on Danish soil, and no sounds but those of the Norse language greeted our ears. Tall Danish officers, blue-eyed, flaxen-haired—as if all sprung from Harold Haarfager, crept into the nar row second-class carriages, stooping to get admit tance, and very much at a loss how to dispose of their long legs and of their bright-scabbarded broad swords. I was not a little struck, from the moment we crossed over to the Kronwerk at Rendsburg, by the universal prevalence of the Danish language ; all the more forcibly struck, as I had travelled over a good part of the Dachy of Schleswig only a few days before, and the whole population with whom I came into contact spoke German, the only difference being between high and low German. It was not tong before I perceived that German was a tabooed language wherever the lordly Dane showed himself. 'The nationality of the Schleswigers is precisely the great point on which the whole question at issue now hinges, and it is good policy for a native of the Duchy who has both tongues at his command to humour his northern master whenever he comes into contact with him by the use of the Danish, re serving his German idiom for those patriotic meet ings where he drinks his beer to the prosperity of Vaterland. Nay, the feelings of the Dane have been so soured of late against anything German that the mere address in that tongue on the part of a stranger who cannot muster one word of Danish calls forth a scowl upon his interlocutor's counte nance, and makes the latter forgetful of his innate courtesy and good breeding; and it is only upon perceiving his mistake, and being assured that no offence was meant, that he meets you on the neutral ground of French or English, and readily pats him self out of his way to oblige you by all kind offers of assistance. At Flensburg we left the railway, and proceeded by diligence to Apenrade and Hadersleben ; hence I've crossed the Little Belt from Aarinabund to '‘"ens ; from Assens we drove across the island of -I'Lla‘'n to Vyborg; a steamer conveyed us from the latter P l ace to Halsloe near Korsor in Zealand ; .. 4-` l he nee a r ailway brought us in five hours to this place. Both the Great and Little Belts are now almost entirely free from ice ; and, although the steamer chose to stop at Halsloe, and to land us by means of small boats, forwarding us to Korsor by postchaises, we found at Korsor steamers on the point of quitting the harbour; from which we in ferred that it must be as easy to get in as to go out, end concluded that the navigation was by this time altogether unimpeded. All along the road, by land and water, we met hundreds of old soldiers, chiefly from Schleswi g , ho obeyed the orders lately issued by the Danish Government, calling under,irms as a reserve all the men bound t o serv ice up to thirty-five years of age. Most of these men seemed aware that there is a languagt spoken among the gods and one used among mortals. They conversed in Ger man amongst themselves, and were ready with their Danish whenever there was a chance of being over heard by strangers. Some of them were o ld sa il ors, familiar with the Western and ' Southern Ocean they spoke English almost as well as their native; language ; they were an intelligent, well-informed set of men. Tney told me it was not with out re pugnance that they undertook this weary jonrne • that their hearts were with the Germans, and it journey very hard flat y should have to bear arms against their own friends and countrymen ; that they should Vave to follow the standards of those very - Danes against whom they fought 14 . years ego. They a dd e d that they would fain have followed the example of many of their friends who had gone over to Hol stein, only that they were not so sure Schleswig might not remain Danish, after all, when they would End themselves banished ft.= th,, , ir homes during their lifetime. They assured me that Denmark would Lave little cause to be satisfied with their servicee and with those of the Schleswigers and Holsteiners, which she held in her ranks against their will; that on the first shot being fired they all would I ass over en masse to the enemy ; that the whole of their Duchy was German to the core, and that even some of those belonging to the Northern Provinces who actually could speak nothing but Danish were all devoted to the German cause. Of course, I did not take these words to the letter, nor did I believe the Danish cause as hopeless as they made it out ; what most forcibly struck and amazed me, however, was the boldness and readi ness with which they gave utterance to such thoughts before a perfect stranger ; for, although I suppose I do not look like a spy or an in. former, still I never told them I shared their feelings in any way, nor gave them any reason to believe they could rely on my discretion. Surely some fire must be smouldering where so much smoke appears; and if only one-tenth of what I every where hear is true, ;Denmark will have no little trouble in guarding against such friends, if ever the day comes in which she is to guide them against her enemies. JANUIRY 27. I find the position of aff.iirs here one of consider able " tension." The Austrian and Prussian Mini sters have not actually left yet, but they have taken their leave long since, and have only been detained by the difficulties of embarking either here or at Korsor. The navigation, as I said, is thoroughly free at the latter place, and the two diplomatists are expected to start this evening by the 7 o'clock train to Korsor. So far as I can make out, the Danish Government have put themselves altogether in the right. They have offered to make all such concessions as it is in their power to make. To repeal the November Constitution, in obedience to the demands of Aus tria and Prussia, by a mere, Royal decree:would be tantamount to a coup d'etat, to trespass on the King's part upon all the rights of the Danish peo ple. No monarch could venture upon such a breach of the law with less hope of success than Christian IX., a Prince who has but lately come to the Throne, and looked upon till his accession as a stranger to Denmark. All the Danish Government could pro pose to do was to refer the matter to the Rigsraad, or national Parliament, which should be speedily called together for the purpose. The present Ministers are popular here, and they expressed great confidence,—indeed, positive cer tainty, that they would be able to bring the majority of the Rigsraad over to their views, to obtain their consent to the abrogation of the November Consti tution, and to the framing of a new national com pact, by which the Duchies should depend upon Denmark on the terms of a mere personal union. No apprehensions are entertained here of popular movements in the city. The Ministers of Prussia and Austria had, however, it appears, strict instruc tions to insist upon a full and immediate compliance with their demands, and,• as the King of Denmark could not, owing to the above-stated reasons, give in, the march of the Austro-Prussians to the Eider 'rontier has become inevitable. From their posi, tion on the Eider their ultimatissimum will be for warded to Copenhagen, with an injunction to the Danish forces to withdraw from their position in Schleswig. Before an intimation of that sort the Danish Government could no more hear of negotia tion than a duellist could consent to explanations when brought upon the ground pistol in band. Contrary to the opinion entertained by most people in the Duchies, and to some extent, also contrary to my expectations, a collision on the Eider appears now to be utterly unavoidable. What the issues of such a conflict may be no man can foretell; for, on the one side, the German Powers are likely enough to bring into the field what they may consider an irresistible force; and, on the other hand, the Danes are said to have mustered 70,000 combatants in Schleswig. They are almost providentially favoured by the weather, and they are too well known for their bravery not to offer a most gallant, desperate resistance. Should a first success favour their efforts, there is little doubt but the sympathy of Sweden, and, perhaps, other Powers, may be enlisted in favour of what is materially the weaker side. Let the Danes only be on their guard against defer. tion or treaci.ery ot their6chleswig•Holstein soldiery, and, owing to the advantage of position, the strug■ gle msy still be less unequal than mere numerical odds may seem to make it. JANUARY 28. As I informed you by a telegraphic despatch last evening, the expected departure of the Ministers of Prussia and Austria did not take place. It had been positively asserted yesterday morning, and it was generally believed in the diplomatic circles, that those two gentlemen were to leave by the 7 o'clock p.m, train for Korsor, there to embark for Eckernforde, but it was later in the day understood that their journey was put off for a day or two. The alleged cause of this delay was the imperfect state of steam navigation, as the Bay of Eckernforde was supposed to be still obstructed by ice. The same, how ever, was said of the harbour of Korsor, and I had opportunity, as I told you, to see with my own eyes that steamers could leave the wharf at that place with perfect freedom ; and what I saw of the Bays of Eckernforde and Kiel before I left, four days ago) leaves me no doubt that, with the warm weather and the heavy rains we have had since, every trace of ice must by this time have disappeared. It is possible that these two distinguished diplomatists evince greater anxiety about the perfect safety of their movements than would be shown, under the circumstances, by ordinary persons. The simple fact is that they tarry here, and, although any suggestion en my part that they may be detained by some hope of a peaceful arrangement of their difference with the Danish Government is scouted and treated with contempt by the knowing ones, although they assure ire that, having taken their formal leave of the King, ids sent tenses d'etre deja partis—still there lurks about my mind some suspicion, which will at least make me very careful to send you a telegram in proper time to assure you that they are actually and bodily gone. Rumours of an intended arrangement proposed by Prussia to Sweden, with a view to detach the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark, and to unite Jutland and the islands of Zealand and Funen to Sweden and Norway,"so as to form a great Scandinavian empire, have, I am told, circulated in the newspapers, and will have found many unbe lievers. I am, however, in a position to assure you, upon very good evidence, that the Prussian Govern ment have actually made advances in that sense to the Swedish Minister in Berlin. To what ex tent the head of that Government, M. von Bie mark, knew and approved the proposal I am not in a position to state, for Court and Cabinet are not altogether one it Berlin in every respect ; but that the Swedish Minister communicated such an offer to his Government at Stockholm I believe to be a positive fact, as it is also, I think, a matter of per fect truth that the Swedish Government not only rejected the offer, but resented it as the gravest insult. Yon know I would not take upon myself to make such statements had I the least doubt as to the sources of my information. That a dismemberment and the extinction of the Danish monarchy is a scheme that has often busied the brains of German statesmen is a point that ad mits of no doubt, In Berlin and Vienna, and throughout Germany, Denmark is as plainly doomed as the old sick man upon whose inheritance Nicho las of Russia was in too great a hurry to reckon. The German patriots, whom I found most earnest in the cause of the emancipation of Schleswig and Holstein from Danish thraldom, are by no means unjust to the fine qualities, "the high spirit, the chivalrous bravery, the genius, and worth" of the Danes. It was and is a generous nation, in their estimation, as far as it goes. But the Danes, they say, " reduced to their present condition, are only a small flock, the mere fragment of a nation." They have a luminous past behind them, and they re duced circumstances. o d countenance But i even t i is an nationtheir w present hose r a showis r u n ,a g whose history for one or two centuries only marks a period of not ignoble, but irresistible de cline. A nation of 1,82,0,000 souls, barely ing the cal am i t i es o f 1 801 and 1807, stripped o sf Norway, reft of her c3lonies, and placed in one of the most important positions as keeper of the Sound, has no right to live. The Danes are only a brunch of the great Sendinal,ian family. Tinir THE SUN, LONDO tions should turn towards a reconstitution of the great Northern Empire. Those three kingdoms which once obeyed one sceptre, and were only torn asunder owing to the improvident misrule of a Danish tyrant, must be yearning for reunion. Give Germany that of Denmark which is German ; give Sweden and Norway what is Scandinavian. The only obstacles in the way of such a settlement are a dynasty and a capital. With the exception of Christian IX., who reigns in spite of himself, and of Copenhagen or Stockholm, which might very well become alternate Beats of Government, such a con summation would be a real gain and a blessing to all parties concerned, and to all the world besides. It was as interpreter of these somewhat wild dreams in Germany that the Prussian Government tempted Sweden with the arrangement lately pro posed. The Berlin Court and Cabinet are aware of the little popularity they enjoy throughout Ger many, but they are also aware that the statesman who succeeded, either by diplomatic craft or by might of arms, in wrenching Schleswig-Holstein from the Danish dominion and adding one more German crowned head to the 36 great and petty Princes who occupy so much space in the muster roll of Royalty of the Alinavach de Gotha would by that territorial addition to the already too wide soil of Fatherland secure for himself absolution from a multitude of sins of misgovernment—past, present, and future. Alive as they are to national feelings for what concerns themselves, the Ger mans too readily forget that other people also have an individuality which they may be anxious to preserve ; that the Danes, however defi cient in numbers, boast a long, glorious, and powerful existence of their own; that, however closely allied by blood to the Swedes, however strongly relying on their support in the present straits, they are no more ready to become Swedes, to merge their own even into a kindred nationality, than the English would be, for instance, to amalga mate with the Saxon or Norman people with whom they claim common descent. The Danes have suf fered serious losses—indeed, they are reduced to a small flock ; but they have always held their own in Europe with honour; they knew how to command the respect of their very victors at the time of their differences with Great Britain ; they know how to stand their ground against German encroachment at the time that this odious Schleswig-Holstein question was debated 15 years ago. Whatever might have become of Turkey without the help of the Western Powers in 1854. Denmark is no sick old man, to give up the ghost without a struggle. It is absurd for Prussia to propose to share with Sweden the bide of a living lion, Were even Denmark alone in the contest, the Dannewerk could not be stormed without shedding torrents of blood. iThe impending war between Denmark and Germany may eventually THE TOWNLEY CASE. lead to a closer union between the three Scandi navian kingdoms ; but this union need not be the result of a political subjection to one sceptre, nor of a fusion of three distinct nations into one people. It may be a union springing from native attraction and affinity, resting on the ground of reciprocal esteem, and cemented by a mutual readiness to take up each other's quarrel as a common cause. The three nations may give the world the example of a politi cal combination in which, while each of the com ponent parts preserves its own individuality, they may be as one to all the rest of the world. I understand the Danes are busily at work con structing a railway line in the rear of the Danne werk from Klosterkvo.to the Treene. Two-thirds of the enterprise are already accomplished, Every one must feel the importance of such a means of communication along a line of fortifications which was deemed of too great an extent for the number of its defenders. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors, at the half-yearly general meeting on the 11th inst., that the dividend for the half-year ending on the 31st of Deeember, 1863, be at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company. ', TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1864, On Friday afternoon last an important meeting of the visiting justices and other magistrates of the country of Derby was held at the County-hall, for the purpose of taking into consideration certain communications received from the Home Secretary, and also the letters that have recently appeared from the " Local Commissioners," Messrs. Cox, Roe, Scott, and Forman. Sir H. S. Blane presided. After the matter had been fully discussed, the following reply to Sir George Grey was unani mously adopted, and signed by Sir H. S, Blane on behalf of the magistrates assembled : Derby, Jan, 30. Sir,—We beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 20th, 23d, and 25th inst„ and the copies of the letters from Mr. Scott, Mr. Cox. Mr. Roe, and Mr, Forman. They were yesterday laid before the visiting justices of the gaol and other magistrates (11 in number), assembled at the county-hall, in whose names I am requested, in the absence of Mr. Mundy, to send the following reply : The magistrates cannot refrain from saying that they have read your letter of the 20th inst• with regret. They most emphatically repudiate the supposition " that four ma gistrates and two medical men had, without any probable grounds, anti with the wilful and deliberate intention of oh - stracting the course of justice, signed a certificate of Town ley's insanity." The magistrates believe those gentlemen to be wholly incapable of co acting. The observation that " Townley's removal to Bethlehem was effected by the ex pendittlre toi money" is shown by another part of the same paragraph to refer to an expenditure of money in obtaining the certificate by which he was removed. That was not an illegal expenditure, but the fact remains that "Townley has escaped by means accessible to the rich, but out of reach of the poor." If the act in question had been applied, as the magistrates have themselves applied it, and in the only way in which they consider that such an act ought to be applied, by the agency of the gaol authorities, equal advantages would have been afforded to the rich and to the poor, ' With reference to the entries in the surgeon's journal you have twice expressed your regret that the visiting justices "wholly overlooked them for so many months, and did not discover them and send copies of them to the Secretary of State till it was too late to render themof any practical use." Now, although the visiting justices made frequent inquiries about Townley's state, they never until after his trial heard from any officer of the gaol a hint of Townley's insanity, nor until after the certificate of his insanity had they any spe cial reason for examining the surgeon's journal. To say, therefore, that they had overlooked for many months en- tries which until after Dec. 27th they had no motive to look for at all, is an expression, to say the least, exceeding the occasion. As soon as they were informed of the certificate the journal was searched and the entries found, and sent to you immediately. The magistrates do not know, nor do you point out what "practical use" could previously have been made of those entries. They could not have affected the ob- ligation which you considered yourself under to act upon the second certificate. But at the time they were sent they were of this practical use—to show the divergence of opinion respecting Townley's sanity, and to support the other rea•• sons assigned for further inquiry. If the surgeon of the gaol, who had the most frequent opportunities of seeing Townley, had considered him to be legally insane, there could not have been a more fit person to sign the certificate. He was present when it was signed. The magistrates were aware that it was not in your power, under the law as it now stands, to direct an inquiry upon oath into the present state of Townley'smind, and therefore they suggested that if the existing legal machinery was deemed unequal to the occasion, Parliament might be applied to to remedy the defect. Your letter of the 20th inst. contains the following pas sage :—"You inform Sir George Grey that in the opinion of the magistrates Dr. Goode and his coadjutors did not in tend to sign a document which would be obligatory on the Secretary of State." In this passage the statement quoted from Dr. Goode's published letter is represented as only the "opinion of the magistrates," and the quotations are omitted. Then the letter proceeds, "No statement which could support this opinion has ever been received by Sir George Grey from any one of the magistrates or medical men by whom either of the certificates were signed. In the first place, the quoted statement of Dr. Goode is set forth as the opinion of the magistrates only, and then it is asserted that no statement to support that opinion has been received from any of the medical men, but a state ment signed and published by one of those medical teen was sent to you, and its effact does not depend upon the channel through which you received it. The magistrates regrat that when you addressed inquiries to the justices who had signed the certificates you did not extend those inquiries to the medical men who also signed them, and especially to Dr. Goode, whose important state ment had been brought to your notice, The magistrates did not need to be twice informed that you were net called upon to act upon the report of the Lunacy Commissioners alone, for they knew from you that the removal of Townley was wholly founded on the second certificate; neither were they ignorant that a magistrate acting corruptly is amenable to punishment, nor can they understand why such a remark is thrust into a letter to them, inasmuch as they have not imputed corruption. Dismissing these comparatively unimportant matters, the magistrates proceed to those hearing upon the merits of the case. It is not disputed that the proceedings relating to both certificates were promoted, and the certifying magis trates and medical men put in motion, by Townley's solicitor. i c r h denies e y nN o you a sht preparedah v i s e o s n e n d t says c b o y p i that copies ae t it gt the e s v stated o et t sh e acotl clerk, trhke. the f o l , et mh t letters r og s f certificate o ° v i e w r n h o i form was prepared by the clerk of Townley's solicitor. You say that you have desired the governor of the gaol to inform ycu by whose authority he admitted to visit and examine the prisoner the two medical men who signed the certificates, and the two borough justices who signed the first certificate. Ths magistrates have, in the fifth para graph of their letter to you of the 15th inst., informed you that the visiting justices consented to an inquiry as a pre liminary inquiry only. As that information does not seem to have been satisfactory, the magistrates will now verify it by the following published documents. In a letter of the 4th inst. to Mr. Mundy, the chairman of the visiting justices, by Townley's solicitor, that gentleman says he had been informed that, "In order to strengthen my application for the appointment of a commission of lunacy to examine the prisoner (which I had previously made) it would be well to obtain a satisfactory certificate of local magistrates and medical men as to the state of the pri soner's mind, and, having resolved to obtain it, I waited upon you on Saturday, Dec. 26, for a visiting justice's order." The prisoner's solicitor adds that, not being pre pared with the name of any other magistrate than Mr. W. T. Cox, a country and borough magistrate, he asked Mr. Mundy to add the words, " and one or two other magis trates." Mr. Mundy added these words to the order,mean ing, of course, such magistrates as had jurisdiction within the county gaol, which the borough magistrates have not, nor ever before exercised; and under that order the two borough justices, who had been subseq uentl y applied to by Townley's solicitor, obtained admission to the county gaol. At the sessions on the following day , Jan. 6, Mr, Mundy is represented to have said with reference to Townley's soli citor's application, "It was urged upon me that the certi ficates of these local gentlemen would enable the Home Sec retary to send down the Lunacy C o mmissioner." Dr. Goode also states that he regarded the inquiry and certifi cate as only preliminary, and Mr. Scott says that he did not understand the certificate as obligatory upon you. Thus the inquiry asked by Townley's solicitor, and acceded to, was asked and obtained for ono purpose and used for ano ther. With regard to the first certificate, the magistrates are confirmed by high legal authority in their opinion that that certifieate is bad for the two reasons alleged in their letter of the 13th inst. You observe that the certificate " was not ajudicial act." Mr. Cox, who signed it, says that he was applied to by Townley's solicitor "to make a judicial inquiry into Town ley's state of mind," and did make it. The second certificate appears also to be open to objection on the following grounds, viz. :- 1. It is admitted by Dr. Goode, one of the four who signed the certificates, that the inquiry was "a preliminary to obtain Government Commissioners," and that "it was de cided to leave to persons more conversant the task of col lecting and comparing the evidence for the Secretary of State," clearly showing that he did not intend the certifi cate to be final or obligatory upon you. 2. It is stated by Mr. Scott (another of the four who signed the second certificate) that he "was unaware of its effect as regarded its obligation upon you." 3. The magistrates are informed by competent medical men that Mr. Harwood, who signed both certificates, was not a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and was therefore not a surgeon, and not authorized to sign the cer tificate as such. If this be so, it has not been "duly certi fied" to you by two physicians or aurgeons that Townley is insane, and the foundation of your order for his removal fails, and ho should be remitted to the custody whence he has been removed. Independently of this objection, you now have the state ment of two of the four gentlemen who signed the certificate under which you felt obliged to remove Townley to Beth lehem, that they did not intend the certificate to have that effect. At present, therefore, Townley is withdrawn from justice by your order, founded upon a certificate which was not intended by Townley's solicitor when he asked per mission to obtain it, nor by Mr. Mundy, who granted that permission, nor by two of the four gentlemen who signed it, to have that effect. The m agistrates submitted to you that the certificate ought not to have an effect contrary to the avowed intention of these who signed it, but they have not been favoured with an answer. It only remains, there fore, for the magistrates to point out to you that the latter part of the clause inthe act of Parliament the instrumen tality of which the evil ha s arisen, a lso contains the remedy. To that clause wo therefore call your most serious attention, as the only means left (under the existing law) of averting the evils arising out of this unfortunate affair, and of restoring the confidence of the public in the faithful and impartia administration of the letter and spirit of the law. They therefore submit that this course rests wtth yourself, and on your own solo and undivided respon sibility. They will, therefore, only add that it will be very eatiefeee tory to them, and also tend to allay public anxiety here, if you will favour them with, or publish in the newspapers, copies of the reports or communications made to you by the authorities of Bethlehem of the state of Townley's mind since he arrived there. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, H. SEYMOUR BLANE, Chairman pro tem. of the Visiting Justices of Derby County Gaol. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P., Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Departmelat. SALISLUEN AND DORSET JUNCTION. It appeara that the arrangements for the commencement of the works on this line of railway are now completed, and that the cutting of the first sod is fixed to take place on Wednesday (to-morrow). Lady Nelson is to perform the ceremony, in the immediate vicinity of Downton, through which the line will pass. DUTCH-RHENISII. The receipts for the fortnight ending January 15, 1864, amounted to £7,373, and for the corresponding period of last year to £6,482, showing an increase of £B9l. The re ceipts since the commencement of the present book year, on the Ist of May, 1863, including the above, amounted to £166,205, showing an increase as compared with the corres ponding period of last year of £10,764. The working ex penses for the fortnight amounted to £3,676, or 49.85 per cent. of the receipts, and for the corresponding period of last year to £3,278, or 50.56 per cent., showing an increase of £398. The working expenses from the Ist of May, 1863, to the 15th of January, 1864, amounted to £64,212, or 38'63 per cent. of the receipts. The working expenses for the year 1862.63 were 39 . 08 per cent. of the receipts, GREAT WESTERN OF:CANADA. The loss on exchange by the conversion of American money received for the carriage of through traffic from the commencement of the current half year to January 16, 1864, amounted to £31,926, and at that date there was a further eum of American funds still remaining to be converted of 98,424 dole. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts.-% .._ _ Railways. ~...Av _ _____A_:--__ 1864. 1863. 1864. 1843. X .6 Belfast and N, Counties . . 136 136 1,707 1,790 Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 641 536 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,70 1,175 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,093 5,136 Caledonian Cockcrmouth & Workington si t 3 286 235 Cork and Bandon 2oj 20 383 315 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 129 135 Cork and Youghal 3 261 1 321 423 323 Cornwall 6st 53} 1,237 1,067 Decside l7 17 221 218 Dublin & Belt ast Junction Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,380 1,238 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9l} 481 1,988 1,372 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1691 7,872 6,633 Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 3,108 2,367 Glasgow & South-Western Gt.Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 663 644 28,403 26,211 Great Northern 353 351 31,932 26,055 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,428 1.679 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 411 414 r4t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731 129 7,627 7,716 Great Western 10561 10321 56.045 51,098 Inverness & Aberdeen Jane- 864 861 966 789 Inverness & Perth Junction 119 i - 1,033 - Irish North-Western 145 145 1,495 1,557 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 • 3951 34,395 30,894 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 143 127 Limerick and Foynes 26.4 261 108 100 Llanelly 46 461 556 471 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 6/ 1,650 1,640 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 261'1 2611 13,230 14,01 l London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721 3,852 2 597 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10. 51 Buo 160 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheilield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9} 9} 1,288 1,057 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.- Western).. 641 6%0 43,565 38,280 Midland Gt.Westn. of IrLud... 2991 2591 4,333 4,313 Monkland 7ll 711 1,541 1.503 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,603 2,010 North British, Edin., Perth . - . . and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 10791 51,114 46,269 North London 9 9 3,243 3,056 North Staffordshire 254 254 8,238 7,332 °sweet* , and Newton. Ithymney St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,250 1,700 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 4,950 4.718 Somerset and Dorset 66 391 - -- South Devon . . South-Eastern ..... ...... Taff Vale ........- ..... Ulster Vale of Clwyd. .. Vale of Neath 321 251 2,376 1,712 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 326 395 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,112 991 West Cornwall 271 271 695 636 W.Hartlepool Harbr.ScßaiL 52 52 3,974 2.973 Whaven,Cleator,& Egrmut Whitchaven Junction l3 13 933 t 23 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 865 718 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,206 1,008 Austrian B2B 828 25,801 56,033 Belgian Eastern junction 2 6. 24 1 265 245 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 1671 3,353 1,765 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1611 1,179 1,801 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 155 2,537 3,659 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal Eastern of France........ 1133 1302 49,601 48,891 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 16,774 16,538 Great Indian Peninsula 553 495 11,169 7,382 Great Luxembourg 134 134 3,455 3,690 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 3i 5 10,319 1`,61 . 2 Madras Madrid, Saragossa Si Alicant • Northern of Canada Northern of France .. .... 697 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO3 17(3 Paris and Orleans 1614 1494 Pernambuco 771 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian Southern of France . 770 Victorian lO6 'elland West Flanders .... 1,058 IS4 47,413 48,559 91,142 109,411 56,802 53,541 708 938 411 1,391 3,26 i 1412 680 151 23,932 , 21,819 8,419 L 7,867 955 885 36,623 32,41-1 W. and N.AV, Frauce „ SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, POST.—Prussia and Austria have lost no time in availing themselves of the advantages of winter, which favours their strategy, while it prevents the friends of Denmark from hastening to her aid. We have reason to believe that the German Powers pro fess to enter Schleswig, not with the object of dis membering Danmark, but only to seize a material guarantee for the performance of stipulations which they pretend they have a right to enforce. M. von Bismark and the Prussian Cabinet remain in office, and the Ministerial crisis is over, as the King has consented to consider the Treaty of 1852 as still binding, though we believe this assent is clogged with conditions. All this, however, amounts in reality to mere comedy. The Germans have per* petrated an act which can only be considered, and will be resented, by this country as an urjustifiable aggression. It remains to be seen whether the gallant Danes will have to succumb to superior force, or whether they will be able to hold the Danewirke till assistance can reach them. The Rubicon has at length been passed. The Eider no longer separates the armies about to con tend for the possession of Schleswig, and the doubts which may have hitherto existed respecting the aggressive intentions of the German Powers are finally resolved. The first cannon shot has actually been fired, and the peace of Europe is definitively broken. We must regret what has taken place, but we cannot pretend to be surprised at it. Others, imbued with that peaceful policy which we have so long and so consistently pursued, believed that the Germans would not dare to attack Danmark and risk the ultimate consequences of a European war. Such was the train of reasoning by which they lulled themselves into that state of fancied security which has now been so rudely disturbed. They never attempted to realise the sentiments of the German nation, nor to estimate the force of the impulse by which they are actuated. They had a general hazy notion that Groat Britain would never permit the disintegration of Denmark, and felt assured that Germany was possessed with the same idea. But their premises were, to say the least, extremely hypothetical. Austria and Prussia may not unreasonably have come to the conclusion that England would not interfere. They knew that the English were averse from war, and they must have found that the Cabinet of London gave much support to the German Powers by pressing Den mark to make every concession which was demanded of her. At the request of England Holstein was evacuated, and the army of the Confederation ob tained possession of the Duchy without striking a blow. The constitution of November, which has been made the ground for occupying Schleswig, they found openly denounced in the despatches of the English Foreign Secretary, whilst at the same time they saw an English diplomatist at Copen hagen exercising all his influence to procure its withdrawal. Under all these circumstances Aus tria and Prussia had some justification for conclud ing that they had little to dread on the ground of English interference. Thus have the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna reasoned, and the entrance of their troops into Schleswig is only the logical se quence of their deliberations. War having thus been aeclared between the leading Powers of Germany , and Denmark, what, it will be asked, will be the po licy of the English Government? Will England, despite of ancient associations and of modern ties, quietly stand by and see a brave and chivalrous nation overwhelmed by odds, to which only the gallantry of despair can possibly dictate resistance ? The an swer to this question will be given, not only by Government, but by Parliament; and, unless we are very much mistaken, we can predict with ease what that answer will bee There are times when arguments based upon a narrow-minded egotism lose their weight, and when the human mind rises superior to considerations of a purely selfish nature. Suoh a time most undoubtedly is the present. A man of figures might with great plausibility cone tend that the English nation would not be justified in increasing its debt or adding to its present bur den of taxation for no other object than that of securing to the Danish Crown a sovereignty over the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. But, unless we much mistake the feelings of the British people at the present moment, considerations of this kind will have with them but little weight. Without inquiring into the truth of the theory that the nor mal condition of the human race is one of war, it may be sufficient to say that the expediency of war is not necessarily to be judged by the material ad- vantages accruing to those who engage in it. There are such sentiments as those of honour and friend- ship, and that will be indeed an evil day for any nation on which it determines to ignore them. It is with nations as it is with individuals, and the same maxim which inculcates the duty of furnish ing mutual help applies in the one case as in the other. England has for centuries held a proud posi tion among the nations of the world. She has long preserved unquenched that sacred spark of liberty which has again and again been extinguished in every other State in Europe. She has not ostenta tiously set herself forward as the champion of weak and oppressed nationalities, but in the hour of trial none other has furnished such stanch or such sted fast support. Why at the present crisis we should prevent the annihilation of Denmark it needs no arguments to show. We took up arms under pre cisely similar circumstances for Turkey ten years since; and though w 3 did not enrich ourselves, we had no reason to regret the result. But, towards Denmark we are bound by ties which between us and the Turkish nation were entirely wanting. A common lineage and a common religion, common associations and common pursuits, are surely bonds which we cannot entirely ignore. The race from which we have inherited that adventurous spirit which has made us—notwithstandin g the mere speck our island home appears on the map of tin world— the first maritime nation in the universe, is surely entitled to our gratitude and our fellowship. We are rich, we are powerful, and hitherto we have been influential, and it now remains for us to say if we will consent to fall from our high estate, and live henceforth solely for ourselves. On purely selfish grounds it would be easy to demonstrate that Great Britain ought to make many sacrifices before permitting a maritime nation like that of Denmark to be absorbed by the central Powers of Europe. But, independently of those considerations, every sentiment of honour, every obligation of duty, prompt us to furnish to Denmark the assistance of which she stands in need. Great Britain has a glorious prestige, and, notwithstanding much 1 hat has lately occurred, she still has a name which is venerated and respected by the Powers of Europe. The moral weight which she possesses in the coun cils of nations has not unfrequently effected much, and it now rests with her whether henceforward it will no longer beacknowledged. To those to whom the honour of their country is dear, and who would in the interests of peace still wish to see Great Bri tain hold that place which she has so long occupied, no doubts can suggest themselves as to the coarse which she ought to pursue. Regard for our own reputation and for our own interests, compel us to furnish such material support as may still avert the destruction with which the Danish monarchy is threatened. TIMES.—On the morning of Sunday last Marshal Wrangel summoned the Danish commander to eva cuate Schleswig, and at midnight the Austro-Prus sian force began its advance. The troops crossed the river at various points, and their movements are described is the despatches we publish to-day. Thus have Austria and Prussia finally committed them selves to the chances of a conflict with the Danish monarchy. Ho Never it might be hoped, it could hardly be expected that they would refrain from this step in spite of the earnest remonstrances they have received from the British Government. The rulers were too much bound to their own subjects and to the Germans generally to have any free will in the matter. For two months a movement almost equal ling in violence that of 1848 has prevailed through out Germany. The Princes have been in part the leaders, but have been in a still greater degree the instruments of the popular pressure. At any rate, it has not been thought by any of them profitable, or even possible, to withstand the patriotic current that had set in. The Prussian and Austrian Go vernments have been, perhaps, proud to show their superior powers of resistance, but even these have found that their leadership in Germany depended on their carrying out to some extent the desires of the nation. We may, then, expect that any further overtures of the British Government, if Lord Pal merston's Cabinet should think it dignified to re monstrate further, will be disregarded, and that the Allied Army will persist in its scheme of driving the Danes out of Schleswig,. Yet at the last moment the Powers have moderation on their lips, and are binding themselves by reiterated and solemn state ments of their intentions. It is to take Schleswig as a material guarantee, to hold it until King Chris tian convokes the Rigsraad and repeals the Novem ber Constitution, and then peaceably to restore it to him, that the allied farce, according to the asserti ons of the two Governments, has crossed the Eider. With the Federal corps of occupation in Holstein they have nothing to do the nroceediugd of the Prince of Augustenburg they ignore and con demn. All that they require from the new King is the completion of the engagements entered into by the old; and their only reason for seeking a gua rantee is that they are convinced of the obstinacy and deceit of the Danes. Such is the position of the two invading Governments, and they aro somewhat angry that full credit should not be given to their assertions. The means taken for the accomplish ment of their task are such as in their ()Onion must insure success. They desire that the Danes Should be convinced of the hopelessness of resistance, and for that purpose they are bringing into the field an army which is probably more than twice as nume rous as their enemy. If the Danes have at the most from 35,000 to 40,000 men, the two Powers will, if necessary, march to the Schleswig frontier a force of 80,000 to 100,000. Seldom have German govern ments at any crisis shown such alacrity. France herself could hardly set her legions on foot more speedily, or press them on more actively to the scene of war. In a week or 10 days more it is probable that the whole Austro-Prussian force destined for the campaign will be to the north of the Eider. It need hardly be said that the very efficient prepara tions of the Danes for resistance have been mainly the cause of this promptitti4e. The two Govern ments have not been without a ssespicion that the demand for time by Denmark arose mo:e from mili tary considerations than a constitutional peruple. They found that the Danes were fortifying night and day, and using every means to free from ice the waters which they look upon as a protection from invasion. Frost could not be relied on late in February, and it was desirable to take advantage of whatever remained of it. Fortunately for the Germans there has been a fall in the temperature, and the Schlei and Treene may once more become useless to the Danes as moats to defend the castle of their nationality, During the next week the Governments of the two Powers will no doubt hurry forward their troops, and endeavour to strike a blow before the Danes are again favoured by a thaw. Rumours in such a case are vari ous. In the opinion of most observers, the pro vince will be defended with spirit; but some think that, if pressed by a vastly superior force, the Danes may retire, and leave the two Powers to carry out their intentions, whatever they may be. As suming that the allies gain possession of Schleswig, either by the retreat or the defeat of the Danes, it will become a matter of interest to know what course they will take in following up their advantage; whether they will strictly limit themselves to their programme, and only occupy Schleswig until the stipulated conditions are fulfilled, or whether they will endeavour to coerce Denmark more speedily by an entrance into the northern part of the peninsula. At such a time it is interesting to call to mind the progress of the campaign of 1848, when General von Wrangel marched into Schleswig in the same man ner as the allies are now entering. After the battle which took place in April of that year near Schles wig city, that place was captured by them, and soon after Flensburg also fell into their hands. The Danes then left the main land and retired to the islands of Alsen and Funen. No sooner was this done than the Prussian General, though he had come only as the liberator of Schleswig, sent a large part of his army into Jutland, which is pure Danish and Scandinavian territory. This led to the inter ference of Sweden, which made strong remon strances to Prussia, and went so far as to land a force on the island of Funen, the Russian Government following up the movement of its ally by sending a fleet to cruise in Danish waters. The result of these proceedings was that the Prussians were compelled to withdraw from Jutland, and the tide of events turned in favour of Denmark, which was enabled for fifteen years longer to keep its antagonists at a distance. We trust that the memory of this failure will check Prussia in any desire to repeat the events of the last war. On the assumption that victory or a military arrangement gives them and their ally pos session of Schleswig, it will be their wisest policy to be content with the programme already put forth, and to abstain from carrying further this bootless war. Unless, however, unforeseen circumstances inter vene it is likely that the Danes will make a stand for the Duchy of Schleswig, and if the Austro-Prussians can be brought up in force before the frost comes to an end, the great preponderance of their numbers must give them an advantage against which patriotism and courage may possib;;" avail little. At present there can be little doubt of th:4 determi nation of the Danes to defend the province. Bishop Monrad, the President of the Council, in his speech to the Rigadag, says—" I will tell you, gentlemen, for what we are about to fight. We are about to fight to prevent a foreign Power forcing itself into Schleswig; we are about to fight to expel those from the province who intrude into it." And, again—" The programme is not to allow a single German soldier to pass the Eider without offering the best resistance in our power, and to use every Effort to expel from Schleswig all who shall venture to intrude." Thus, while the Rigsraad is summoneJ for the purpose of repealing the Common Constitu tion, the King and his Ministers are omitting nothing which will enable them to resist the enemy. Whatever may be the course of events, the courage and resolution of the Danish people are worthy of all praise. SURREY SESSIONS---Feb, 1. The adjourned general Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday morning:at the:Sessions-house, Newington-causeway, before Mr. J. E, Johnson, chairman ; Mr. Thomas Tilson, deputy-chairman; Colonel M'Donald, Captain M'Dougal, Mr. R. Baggallay, Mr. J. Mew, Mr. A. Boyson, Mr. J. R. Phillips, &c. The calendar contained the names of 42 prisoners for trial-35 for felony and 7 for misdemeanour. William Henry Manners, 20, was indicted for embezzling £2O and upwards, the moneys of the churchwardens and overseers of Lambeth, his masters. Mr. Robinson, with Mr. Patchett, prosecuted ; and Mr. Oppenheim appeared for the prisoner. The Rev, Charlton Lane, incumbent of St. Mark's, Ken nington, proved paying th:: prisoner £7 6s 101 d for rates by check, which had been returned as paid. Mr. Davis, landlord of the Horns, Kennington, proved paying the prisoner £2O 16s 6d for rates due to the parish, and the prisoner gave him the receipt prodcced. Mr. George Archbutt, clerk in the office of Mr. Clark, the assistant-overseer of Lambeth, said the prisoner was one of their collectors. It was his duty to collect money from the ratepayers and pay the same into the banker's. He was sup plied with a rate-book and receipt-book. By the receipt book the amount received by Mr. Snell was 193 6d, the counterfoil No. 139, name of Clay, 16s 3d and 8s 9d, mak ing altogether £1 53, instead of £9 6s 101 d. He only ac counted for SI ss. With regard to the counterfoil No. 143, purporting to have been received on the 11th of November, instead of £2O 16s 6d from Mr. Davis, was Mr. Belton 101 d, which he only accounted for. Neither Mr. Lane, Mr Davis, nor Mr. Prickett's name appeared as having paid. They were considered defaulters. When the prisoner paid into the banker's it was his duty to return to the office, and hand in the banker's receipt for the amounts so paid in. These sums did not appear as paid in by him. On cross-examination by Mr. Oppenheim, the witness said that the prisoner received his instructions from Mr. Clark, the clerk to the churchwardens, and the books were then given him from the office. His duty was to return those books periodically. Ho had not returned the books in which the names of the witnesses were entered. He never returned those names as having paid the amounts due. The rate books ought to be checked every week. Sometimes they were not, owing perhaps to illness or something of the sort. Four months after those rates were made a meeting was held to issue summonses, They had not the prisoner's books, but went according to a list sent in by the prisoner to the officer. He did not know whether those lists were examined. He did not examine them. By Mr. Robinson—lt was the prisoner's duty to present every week a list of money received by him with the coun terfoils. According to his list the defaulters were summoned. Mr. Restall, another clerk in the office of Mr, Clark, said that he generally examined the lists and counterfoils. By Mr. Oppenheim—They examined as often as was necessary according to the business of the office. The books were not examined by the churchwardens or other officials. Inquiries were made regarding the defaulters nearly every six months. The collector furnished information from the first, and entirely from his books they were summoned. The banker's receipts were produced by the collectors every Friday. By Mr Robinson—lt was entirely through the prisoner's books that the summonses were granted. No examination of the books would have shown the amounts of the wit nesses who had given their evidence. Mr. William Henry Anderson, also a clerk in the office, said he examined the banker's receipts. The sums paid by the witness had not been entered by the prisoner. Mr. Oppenheim contended that owing to the laxity of business doing by the parochial officers the prisoner was placed in that perilous position. It seems clear, from the evidence of the clerks, that the accounts were not properly gone through, and that there had been no regular arrangement as to the time the prisoner had to pay what moneys he may have collected to the bankers. Counterfoils had been produced corresponding in numbers with the receipts of the prisoner, but that did not prove that the prisoner intended to have plundered the pa rish of these accounts. Under these circumstances ho did not think the prisoner ought to be convicted of embezzle• ment. He had a number of witnesses to call who could give the prisoner an excellent character, and, in conclusion, ho trusted the jury would return an honest verdict. Mr. Thomas White, of the Manor-house, Stamford-street, and a vestryman, Mr. Phillips, also a vestryman, and seve ral others, gave the prisoner an excellent character, as far as they had known him for several years. The Chairman then eummed up the whole of the evidence in a very careful manner, showing that the evidence of Mr. Archbutt had proved that it was the duty of the prisoner to account for all moneys he received weekly to the office, and pay the same into the bankers. It was quite clear that —"----------"---.-----"'"""..----" in Novxem,3beiroslafsrtomherierc.eDivaevdiXs,9aluOds fxr,omfrtemitev,iZtacilt4eilitt: o o li m n t h e e r f h o j a i d s t L t oh a ew n Lane, aprri prisoner n a e c r c accounts sb been n d small sums were entered in the names of different pa .firier le Some strong remarks geioynenesnpuomhdbienrged receipts. Ou eou. had been made as to the 10 , - - , o d. which the - hether tho p They, how ever, had nothing to do with that, but to v; . Ant. guilty of enibeoLenl—dict of w After a short consultation the jury returned a ° el guilty. Mr. Robinson informed the Court that there Were:: other indictments against the prisoner. On ° via ' s f°l. s ing in one snm th . e amount of £lOO. .i. c hurch , I.h • e Chairman asktxl Mr. Clark, the clerk to we 0 1 wardens, whether the whole of the prisoner's 00100 been investigated. with thus® thkeepSte sunudnalegorstu,enlif. Mr. present l time he had discovered defalcations o°l°3° Clark replied that they had not; but uP t .: g til t e o £ ,160. t oa The Chairman then called the prisoner for jag e" o told him that, after a very careful inquirY, th e J ul 'd 0 6 found which him guilty, it was a very serious offen ce ' an wcer must be treated with great severity. Th e O P o t uoi h of ad held a responsible situation, having Ila d /6.r7, a id $ money passing through his hands, and ha vl— good salary by the parish. He could do no less tha 00 ,, the tor same sentence which was awarded to ate of the ce kerbs s last month ; therefore he directed him to be penal servitude for four years. _— COUNTRY IVIARIKETS. COLCHESTEN—JAN• 3° . :, g this c °lll We had an average show of whetit ou °'er 58 or ted. 0 0 us pp market to-day, and former prices verb: °agit ~11. 326 Wheat, white 44s 50s Bean s,3l re d 40s 44s mid 32s 41s Peas, dle gill '''' te.• •'' tt P''' .340 3 Barleywbi , . 3 11 Oats 13. inifilco GLOUCESTER —Ja=i' ts' There was a good show of English + her ill OIS the farmers ; which met a free s ale at prices rtlLoce?? of buyers. Foreign wheat dul l, With no ou' r y dalP prices of last week. Barley, oa ts, and beaus le NORTHAMPTON --JAN. 30. tB ol4° tra DEO The wheat trade was rather dull, but ree l , tile t i l t r sorts rates.—White . m_ . a l i v n h t a i t i n e A nil a tis supported. Barley in middling demand, ans-_, l ° v eo 0 ; , 4 04 — ts, s 1 p 7 e s r t q o r 3 . os ß p a e Ve 2 y 4 , s 3 t s o s ne t . o 375 0 -- - tu g s r , 3ill7 3 l s i s t: t g o 7344ls ' °I fv.4l i ‘ n v g he l a a t t , a 3 r 9 a s te t s o . 46 0 s ;atro,edb,eans, LuA:v. posp, 30s to 38s per qr. t CHELMSFORD —JAN' 29. or e lioloi At this corn exchange to-day though, fitrads..l3l24oo wheat, which met a dull sale, alh 0 ou'' , improved from last market day. Barley an d ‘ , nas 7, of grain very inactive, and unaltered in price . . ail ov Pr i Wheat, old white...3os 47s Yeas, Partr iug-. ' ''''.- I F new .. 44s 50s White ......... ::3 90 # old red.... 348 40s Boiling • ..... ~3.5 ° "I ... " .A 0 new 38s 42s Dull ...... .* . s4o r t Barley 275 68 3756 s Duiarrtto ovi;60 . "; 0 : : :: n o : Chevalier 2Bs -39 s Beans, Tiem o w! iv n 30 ,$ Grinding 22s 31s Malt.... P . 3 , " Chevalier . 64s 69s ...... Oats 20s 28s Diazagan • oats, 30. ilrfit KIRKCALDY GRAIN--" od 1 0 0. We had moderate supplies of barley, o ti r our market, with a slow trade. NVILe 3 ' - o • . Wheat. Barley. 155:64 First ....338,0d 1 258,0 d I 168 od Second ..35s Gd 26s Gd Vs ea Third ....38s Od 28s Od COAL d ot the close of Pe 111 7 W alio neugh ITO s il o s .. ...... ,01„, S ou t h Nelloe.,. • Hartlepo ol East 11art1ep0011....,,1 North flartleetoo.. Braddylls ktet Tunsta ll •• "1,1, Iletton • ... South Hettou...,,,,:ig 19 Casso p ...... Fraaivellgateikel.. Trinadon Pig Jame 5........ Acorn. Clo Se." 0 ....... ' 01 luios; t E 6 id dell. 'll 182; sold, friOes of-Coal per Tonal s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 3 Byass's Bebsido West 1 Hartley...l4 9, Lambert's West Hart- 1 ley ...14 6 Walker Primrose 13 0 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 Hastings Hartley l4 9 Holywell ..18 0 Wylam 17 6 Eden Main 18 6 West Hartley 14 9 Davison's West Hart _ ._ ley 15 3 Walls End. Byron 18 0 Whitworth 16 6 Russel's Hetton 18 6 Ships at market _______ 0 04 Foreign Mail racket ig' -4.--- --- PGN A. iiloihri u e.brw s srnt t ufa r .ao a gl lia and Mauritius, via S o uthereP" ls'i : . f° 0 , .: ' Te l' li' MAILS DIJB. ~,• 0 l i feD' 5 via Marseilles :'' . e .•• l e 1' 0, Brazil and Cape- Verds, by British Pac. ke iVe, s ,' fet 0 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, a rid t•r h rPi'''Ye" . , , a Penang, nutalilrd:,ll.i3ay.ia Southampton Singapore, .. . . .v . i ._a. 50..hu..,..0....:00,: veth..ll: v ia Idor 6e ....Yeb . 0 , Falkland Islands .......... ••••"......p.o, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via o.ll '" .. iiios , "'f °,, ' il• via Do."- ....few. India (Bombay), via Southampton • • " .... .' .. P l '' lll Ida Marseilles .......... ........ fe; , ...4 00 1). 10 Malta, Egypt, and Adoi:, via SouthataP ....orol/' via %rsenics • ..„. 11, ' .......... ...""0. Oporto and Vigo .............. !„... .! . ; ........ ii 6 , W.C. of Afri i c idt n is , s—h M N ad . ............................................ ''Pfsll.::ls . :::e .. e:te..ll:e:: : ::r'. 'l3l''' ' Bahamas, via Now York .......... ...•''jfelP by Cen.d.aci•,?' fe; 0 . A M i e c l x td p ic a j o i r .o ts m o i f it* W an e d stpa ri d t i i e:s h . , ............................ 1 ' . .. P . .. 2. ; : ' . .--'' • . .................... A; Al p. 0 -"""'"---•---r-------- 6 1 1 lir " vats c hronic in debt may obtain ina tant s ;(l aa ° d l "' orc te tir ° 0 r e o ili o Imprisonment or seizure of their g oodS , „ Lo a, Pi 33 , 0 10:1 ( f e r s o t m ab a l l i l sh d e eb a t l s B a 3 n o d liabilities without ot ; ° P , i ti r to Messrs. Marshall, solic:tors of the li fi u tsis olli r .o ,7 Restoring e t: r s rdeoi under a : k .) ,51.;..),AaityaavtbTtlo.en .b g y a r edaeSnY. I City 1) fsa l 0 oit oe go 0 :: A D V E R T I S e E t vi ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid . ] —Avoid rn its cost in other remedies, sil, fat ill'ilt ' ll g sf mastrong et complaints,ir ea nsbe, b i r ye s u i n t e vsFDa:ruo a r ryciT r u Y ie tiri:c orgio:tuej?, . 1 . o,,e g . el eiji _e t , pure blood, refreshing sleep, funetiortelii,elo;i"olOr e1,e00:4 edieines: " 11 p ei e fi p . ci o o tl iiii tof ; to the most disordered or enfeebled' „f 0 0 01 f° er, ./ of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,2 v Al a a i x of or e' A Br6han, Paris, of a river complaint, f n s : t s . tfi ll ie rsb l „ e ,:, V . , 4 ' years, debility, with a nervous Ps.o9tiot° + O , ),,` de . d digestion, constant sleeplessness, the ."" .. ,cafe S t 0 6 ', r, agitation, and dreadfully low spirited' ic rd• ° it)0 1 , 4 "; Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Wa te „ r , tadr" - ,„ c 0 , ',10P ). 0 1 dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty Year" cong,"ostistorety from dyspepsia, nervousness, ast i ' llt ri s c ;ltisg,:niel , A," flatulency, s p as ms, s i c k ne ss, and v" o f frw - li cief., - oSvol —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberte,:t v10 0 , 1 ' 4 - 10 0 P lsg o.„4l thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting u 4 , 7, l2l.,, t her d ' e fy, , ment, and partial deafness.—CureS.°.otiou, 6 ~the Ya y,`, Jacobs, Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, ,-, ittclig o 6 4 ' ° 0 6. tie fi fi l ' IP spirits, and nervous fancies.—Care S t ' w ag i.. A t oo; T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfollc• all° sledilt,,V 0 dity or the liver, which had resisted 00 . lg tree t„ poli ti In tins,l lb., 25.9 d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; „, s ,., lll iiefra t :td O le 44 40s.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. , `;:_, rac ers .- 0 Li a , also Fortnum and Mason ; and all " f til r o e fo 00 0 very town of the United Kingdom' -111s.'''. til• • 400 1 0 ° / II 0 [ADVERTISEMENT.] --I:1011014aq corop:00011. to I of Biliousness, Liver and Stereeco o il it 0r; 0 1,../, neral Debility—This medicine is fl eete d bY tio sO o protr, part of the world, and the cure c o % o f p 014 ,1 01. 2 0 004 derful, that it now stands if ne irons and l oli )f4e ci4o ti3 : o pre-eminence as a remedy for La ', og t OP he se° oo o l ,,oett and disorders of the stomachand '''' ' the a s% oiror disee°e° se 1 0 ) 4 4 of dispute or doubt. In these __,,,, e nt ~0 t) . , „0, of these invaluable pills are so per , ':;',, orgeP,ste"K, Oa the whole system is renovated,. i- tio , p ro4,is to c o r strengthened, a free and easy reFPlT.sed. _!,,, oe Q V physical and moral energy are 1 1 :1 01- f; St 0 1 ".,,f' 0 ' / for the use of this valuable 3:codicil' tiTopv-• efficacious are affixed to each bolc: t 7 3, 1 11° always safe, and act as gentle apertell 01 tlie / - Births. a .,., tlit 4 0,,, 1, at - --11 , o , r t o , „'i 13EAvmoNT —On the 29th uian,.ll,,iiter. ,giOrag ty Henry Beaumont, Esq., of at GO, leffewors 'Cu , BARBER. —On the 31st u1t.,,L,,0r, .14,10 c,,,, Joe square, the wife of Joseph B s "', 3, fiOw a sl 3o l9 l " BLOMFIELD.—On the 29th tilt of a da eve, w 0. Bloom l':. irio isoo t . l l'o., A llt l i , HANVlvNifinCeo.oCifilta.hu—ecOßocnek:thEFes2qB.:hbanulitzri:to, peg° O'do Marriage°. at Co l 0/jl/ il l 28th uu'Lf the Pf,doo LANE—VINCENT.. -011 --e vt got Dan"llter (I ° oo l ' 0 Church, Captain Henry •"?,; s t cladgoo, - is , ,,f Guards, to Susan Anne. ev,!,.„ad L ° do' William Vincent, of Thorny. , th o c.O f r ett e pi Kensington. , itotl,‘" 6 1 Tnomrsox--LALANDE., PAth 115 ‘itt'lv i '10 , Augustus Paris, thTehComhupriscohn x,-,;7.llY's[lcio t. Bth :I ) ° D il i: - ;4 el: °P.-1 : 0 e : lj to j ot ed ? On 111° ` - '1 gi t ' e d I w L i a L l s a o n ic d_e. ti 10 JOHNSTON--",,- . at . o. dr o• A 4 Maria, Dani e I k. jv_ F ai second ilo r i e eeri d .ss e tErtridheelaeyouNtaV;g3r h ad i l i gs t , s _e te l_r d i i s sci o;: i sa e t e s. 60 1 d it : t . e 00 1 1 : s.f 0 r *cc" ti, or 1,1;4 0,, I 0 Itl' y ~11 Bolton, lialesworth, .V. , , Eel tO- DeatllB. ph ak, fr - 4 ,8 al tu..-1:1, ' l; 3 °. °a ! , t C :rr ilile h; llli D letli'll': CLARK.—On the 31st E L o s v f . N A S v i d i . C D , KENNEDY.--n the 30th alt., 10,aua ji:iti, ‘eicii, park, Lieut.-General,, Ti.Fo4:,cmq•Y;,2, 410.0,,t:tt • K C.B. and li.II. t ' ° Greys, Dg es 000'7 Ctlirr „,6 Colonel of the Scots 1 st 0, k 0 0 moo, ) Morrros.—On the Ist lust :: incticove v e,,. fi Ralph Gamine gor on ifir Pl 4 of 'lees. t 4, r ° , NOg 04 King's Langley, ~,,.. alt., a ~_,. it. 11,/t io lo TILBVItY.--011 the 3 u"' sq. (' '- ire! ' ,-, I: ilbUrY, A avi ~i ':, square, W. Ii• h u lt., e d 89 , ~..7.f ' ve 0"; 1, 0 30t THomrsox.—On the h g a ute, eg ___,,,colt 70,/,l' R.N., of Longparis , ___ , -- Fli tp. 01 0; 0 00 -----.; DY l'" O S die d - --- ---- relishe- IVO ill • Loudon : PrinLzd a nd , li ter, e . t a ool; 05fuNan0.4.11.11,2: ISltier a7: l l : o l l l. l :,,,. tcv ot ra t ar tle y v p 1 665. tiddlege.x.--Tue °tillY' A ! / ~~